Chilled Iced Tea

Word Order Practice

Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.

Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.

Why Word Order Matters in English

Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.

This exercise helps you:

  • Internalize English sentence patterns
  • Recognize how common phrasal verbs fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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Excitement Phil what is drives
Excitement is what drives Phil
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as exotic and he excitement the has money the nearly capturing much He does years smuggling and for as been it for for animals ten
He has been capturing and smuggling exotic animals for nearly ten years and he does it as much for the excitement as for the money
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a partner he was Once who worked very with unpredictable
Once he worked with a partner who was very unpredictable
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As they they to the partner keep didn't border he so quiet out told crossing were his stand
As they were crossing the border he told his partner to keep quiet so they didn't stand out
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border guard the enough have pay money Phil did not off to
Phil did not have enough money to pay off the border guard
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began to His angry partner got and with agent the too argue customs Phil
His partner began to argue with the customs agent and Phil got angry too
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Things guards the then beginning to up were arrested his and heat partner
Things were beginning to heat up and then the guards arrested his partner
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started His sat down Phil just so violently partner fighting
His partner started fighting violently so Phil just sat down
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up out now in that and chilling partner They is guy his locked jail
They locked up his partner and now that guy is chilling out in jail
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safely chilled got through and a sipping iced out chilling teas in he is also Phil now bar
Phil got through safely and now he is also chilling out in a bar sipping chilled iced teas
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how common phrasal verbs are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence